fairfax county, watch out the next few hours. let's get a traffic update. good morning. as howard couch touched on it you want to be careful with the fog. low visibility out there this morning. 95 an the bw parkway out of 352 past the beltway. a live shot of maryland from 95 to 280. we are finding head lights moving at speed. if we take it back to realtime graphics on route 4, pennsylvania, 5 an crane highway, no incidents to report. in to dc, inbound new york avenue is clear clear from the times building to the third street tunnel and wrapping up with 95 northbound. we are moving well from dumfries to the mixing bowl. new controversy at dc public schools this morning. the firings of more than 250 teachers were based on inaccurate budget numbers. chancellor rhee said there is a

multimillion dollar surplus instead of a multimillion- dollar deficit. alex trevino has the latest. >> reporter: okay. a budget error was made but accountability will be required. so somebody here at dc public schools will have to answer to unjustified firings that has changed the lives of so many families. 266 teachers need to be terminated. it came from michelle rhee last fall. she said the cuts were necessary because there wasn't enough money to pay many teachers including crystal froster. >> i'm now collecting unemployment for the first time in my life. i have debt that i cannot pay. >> reporter: rhee now says the numbers were wrong and there is a $34 million surplus. >> of course we are outraged by it but the first priority has to get these folks back to work. >> we have learned through the process that many teachers were

released based on falsified numbers and now we learn there are numbers in the system that quite frankly could have avoided the pain we caused. >> reporter: the council is expected to conduct an investigation. teacher crystal proctor is currently living with her parents and was forced to withdrawal a contract on a home she decided to buy. now, rhee elevenned about the figures back in february. it is not clear why she wait until this week to release the numbers. we are awaiting her response. alex trevino, 9 news now. >> it appears some prince georges county police officers could lose their jobs over a beating in college park. >> officers understand that we have to have constitutional policing. >> reporter: jack johnson says there will not be a return to the days of federal morn monitoring because of police misconduct. new video released by the

lawyer of jack mckenna shows three officers striking him 12 or more times. this happened after student celebrations after maryland's basketball team beat duke. they faced charges in the incident and now they are pursuing legal action. the two-day nuclear security summit appears to have swayed more countries to imposing sanctions on iran over the nuclear program. now that the summit is over, some people are adding up their profits and others are hoping to recoop their losses. while diplomates don't have to pay taxes on meals or hotels the businesses they frequented still made money. >> delegations need more sweets of so the sweets -- suites so the suites command a higher rate. >> this is one more blow and reality is we were hoping we wouldn't have another situation like this for two years and now it is possible we may have these kinds of intrusions on a

more regular basis. >> reporter: however, restaurants and businesses in adjoining neighbors lost out because many people who work near the convention center stayed home on monday and tuesday. it is time for another "living $mart" report. jessica doyle is here with the headlines. good morning. >> good morning. 11,000 for the dow. plus, a little bit. we will have to wait and see if we can go higher today and there might be reasons why we could move higher. good news from intel puts asian markets higher and wall street also waiting on a slew of economic reports that could add to that optimism. checking the numbers, the dow stands at 11019 after adding 13 points yesterday. the nasdaq jumped 8 and the s&p rose by almost one point. there's a career boot camp in the area today from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the mall at prince georges. local residents will get a chance to learn job searching

tips from professionals. there will be lectures and events on resume building, developing interview skills and professional role playing along with interview fashions dos and continues, honing your skills and the benefits of networking. the baby boomers are redesign -- redefining the term retirement as most feel younger than their age. 50% of boomers exercise regularly and 72% plan to keep working in some capacity after retirement. so much for that term retirement, right. >> the golden years will probably be in the golden decade of 70 something. what do you have in the next half hour. >> we are saving you money in the home office. the font you should use to save ink in your ink cartridge. >> very good. fairfax county police have charged two people with running an unlicensed dental practice out of a basement in falls church. a patient reported rodriguez and moran after a root canal

infection. defense attorneys say that rodriguez was a licensed dentist in her native colombia. police in alexandria are looking for a rapist. the attack happened just after midnight yesterday a few blocks east of the king street metro station. the 22-year-old said her attacker grabbed her and threatened her with a box cutter and forced her in to an alley and raped her. police did not have a detail description of the suspect. authorities in baltimore hope to have a large water main break repaired today. a 20-inch main ruptured during the rush hour. it shut down some streets but did not reach interstates. public works officials say it is at a point where a new water main connects to an older main. a massive rescue operation is underway after a huge earthquake. that story is coming up. plus, a local woman has undergone an experimental surgery in hopes of reducing

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welcome back. we are traveling eastbound on the dulles toll road and smooth sailing past the airport to the toll plaza so access 66 or 495. more traffic coming up. in the news now at 8 after the hour, the numbers continue to change. an earthquake today in western china has killed at least 400 people and buried many others in a row mote mountainous area near tibet. thousands more have been injured. the earthquake's magnitude is 6.9. in the town closest to the epicenter, 85% of the homes have collapsed. joe mansion is asking for an independent investigation in to the explosion that killed 29

miners. the cause behind the blast at massey energy's upper big branch mine is still unknown but officials say methane gas, coal dust or both likely fueled it. the loudoun county, virginia, prosecutor will not press charges against a tennessee woman who put her adopted son on a flight back to russia. he says the fact the boy flew out of dulles airport does not give him jurisdiction. the mother returned him to a russian orphanage saying it failed to disclose his severe psychological problems. a push to turn more health care over to nurses. that story is coming up. and we are looking for better news from your department, how ward. >> we have dense fog in affect. we will let you know when we will get the better weather. it is coming. 9 news will return after this.

tuesday will not rank as a chamber of commerce days thanks to the gray skies, off and on rain and chilly temperatures. welcome back to 9 news now. hearn howard bernstein is here to. will the chamber of commerce be pleased with your forecast today. >> today, tomorrow and the first part of friday. >> you are messing up our weekend. >> a little cooler once again.

don't plant the tinner stuff unless you are in the northern neck. we could have frosts for another week. we had the heat but it was weird. crazy stuff that early. one problem this morning is the dense fog advisory west of 95 until 10:00 a.m. this morning. those areas in yellow through the northern virginia. parts of the west virginia panhandle there, washington county, but not allegheny county as you head in to western maryland. most of the counties bordering pennsylvania, either side of the border under the dense fog advisory. visibilities have dropped to near row in a few spots. gaithersburg, frederick, hagerstown a quarter mile. martinsburg zero mile visibility. a mile and change in the columbia area. we know there are pockets in carroll and loudoun and montgomery county and northern faulkier and then the shenandoah valley where visibilities are a half mile, quarter mile or less. watch for patchy dense fog.

national visibility is at 89. at andrews less than two miles and easton on the eastern shore. the visibility is one half of a mile. that's going to be the concern. we will break out in to sunshine later this morning. temperatures will be climbing. only to the lower 60s. a few below average. thursday, warm and sunny. and friday warm with a chance of showers later in the day. temperatures getting in to the 70s. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast. some patchy dense fog north and west of town. chilly. mid-30s north to some areas down south in the lower 50s by 8:00, 8:30 or so. the sun is coming up 6:33 this morning. this afternoon partly to mostly sunny, but cool. 60065. then tonight, another chilly night under mainly clear skies. i don't think we will have a fog problem. temperatures back in the 40s. there's the rain from yesterday afternoon. quickly scooting to the south and east, leaving us with clear skies that allowed the fog to

form and colder temperatures. cumberland 37. a lot of mid-30s here. here many town we are 46 degrees with a wind chill of 44. thanks to the north wind at 5 and the pressure at 30.53. the barometer is rising as high pressure behind the front out of new england still with a northwesterly flow around here and it will continue to see an isolate shower down well south toward west of town on that boundary as we go through the afternoon the sun will come out and a very nice afternoon an here. albeit a tad on the cool side. low 60s today. mid-70s on thursday and friday. showers cooling us down for the weekend. saturday could be a sprinkle and sunday cool but partly sunny and 59. it is 5:15. angie is stepping in with the morning commute info. >> yes, i am. look at the traffic camera. can you see the cars? we have a lot of fog out here.

a live shot of 270 an the conditions going southbound. a lot of low visibility here making your way past father hurley. be careful out of the frederick area. a lot of fog this morning. 66 eastbound, we are move well through centreville to the capital beltway. speaking of 495 in virginia, finding no problems from 95 to 66 to the american legion. 395 looks okay, as well. take the live shot and we are okay from duke past seminary to the district. we have been watching the trains and looks like marc trains, the penn line, 4 -- 440 is running 15, 20 minutes behind. and mount vernon square reopened and everyone is on time there. looking at the living well headlines the next doctor could be a nurse. with a looming shortage of primary consider doctors and millions more looking to get

health insurance, 28 states are considering expanding the authority of nurse practitioners. these nurses with advanced degrees want the right to practice without a doctor's watchful eye and to prescribe narcotickics and many want to be called doctor. many delay getting treatment for a heart attack because they are worried about the cost. not having health insurance and financial worries can cause people to wait up to six hours to wait to get care for a heart attack. most women who have osteoporosis don't know they are at risk of a bone fracture. one in two women over age 50 will suffer an osteoporosis- related fracture. a procedure known for clogging heart arteries may help patients suffering from mississippi. they are studying whether

balloon angioplasty can improve ms symptoms. she has been living with ms as she raises her daughters in bethesda. she relied on a segway and a cane to help in her balance issues. >> makes me nervous to say it you loud but my dream would be to dance at my children's weddings. >> reporter: georgetown doctors found serious blockages when they separated on her. she says she has had fewer choking incidents since the surgery and feels her balance has improved. you can watch our interview with the surgeons at wusa9.com. just look under 9 news extras. we will show you what phil mickelson is doing with his new green jacket coming up in sports. plus, some smack talk aimed at the capitals even before the first round of the playoffs starts tomorrow. here's a look at who's

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good morning. i'm brett haber with the wakeup sports. in 2002 jose theodore wasn't just the best goalty live in hockey, he was the best player that year. help and he did it in montreal. the place to which he will return this beak and as a starter. bruce boudreau named him as the caps starting goalie against the canadiens and the smack talk up north began immediately. thomas mechanic said it is not as if we are up against martin brodeur or miller. they don't have a come innocent goalie. oh, capitals your response. >> i try not to read in to it too much. it is easy for them to say they

have two of the best goalies in the league. >> he can handle it and it will be a lot of pressure but it will be a good test. >> if you want to stay off the bulletin board in the playoffs. o's looking for number two. tenth inning until pena hits the bomb off of allovers. o's are 1-7. the redskins minute mini camp starts on friday. campbell won't be there as he seeks to trade. hanes worst won't be there as she seeks to be the least cooperative player in football. but carter will be there. he had been absent from off season workouts but showed up yesterday. the commissioner met with -- roethlisberger could face suspension by the league and the scorn of former steelers quarterback and hall of famer terry bradshaw who had this to say about big ben. >> he doesn't like me and i'm

learning not to like him. he has to realize who he is. he is an elite athlete in the national football league. this is the second time in two years and he has got to be careful of what he does in the off season. >> reporter: finally this morning if you want a -- if you won a green jacket at the masters, wouldn't you want to wear it everywhere, well, phil mickelson does. this is phil at the wheel at the rental car with his family around him with the green jacket on as he orders a dozen doughnuts at the krispy kreme. he stresses the doughnuts were for his family not for him. he is slimming down. i'd wear it everywhere, too. have a great wednesday, everybody. a simple way to save money on printer ink. we will have more on the next "living $mart" segment. and the nuclear security summit may have prompted iran to make an overture toward the u.s. it turns out a budget error

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today a deal is expected to save the view of the famous hollywood sign. a national land con is servation group has been trying to buy the land around the sign to protect it. today is the deadline to come up with $12 million or the land will go to home developers. welcome back to 9 news now. i'm andrea roane. thanks for joining us. look at this, howard. what's going on. >> the international space station doing their work now. and earth behind it. they have three more shuttle missions planned before we say good-bye to the shuttle program and we pay $50 million a seat

on the soyuz capsules until we figure out how to get our astronauts back up there. >> look at that. >> unbelievable. >> i think the president will be in florida making some announcement about what he thinks will be the future of the space program. >> here with the work that nasa does at the greenbelt, and hubble telescope there is a lot of interest. >> weather impacts a lot of people. >> fog. >> you will talk about that as well as i am. that's the big story this morning, dense fog advisory north and west of i-95 until 10:00 this morning. southern areas not so bad with visibilities running at five miles in orange, 7 in fredericksburg. culpeper is dropping to three. 3/4 in andrews. that's picking up the amount of fog. easton is quarter mile. out in martinsburg and frederick and gaithersburg and

hagerstown down to leestown we are seeing fog. howard and carroll county, we have dense fog, as well. watch out with temperatures running from the mid-30s north and mid to upper 40sin the southern suburbs. it is 5:30. got the fog. >> low visibility. low visibility for those of you traveling down 270. check it out. usually we can see the taillights as far as this. but now we can't. it is so thick out there. for those traveling this interstate making the way out of frederick or taking i-70 and the bw parkway. take your time and take it slower this morning. moving to the beltway in maryland. a little different situation out here. everyone is moving at speed. a little lighter fog north of the district. this is a live shot at university. in dc, no incidents or accidents to report at this time. great example of that here on inbound new york avenue and 95

northbound we are slow already from 123 to route 1 woodbridge. and as you would expect at this time it is is growing. back to you. we have another commuter alert for you this morning. today the montgomery county police department kicks off the and yum prom season task force. the program to reduce alcohol- related crashes and incidents will run wednesdays through saturdays until june 5th. police will monitor proms and school-sponsored post-prom parties. they remind parents the fines for serving alcohol to minors starts at $2,500. dc's school chancellor michelle rhee says the firings of 250 teachers was based on wrong budget numbers. turns out there is a multimillion-dollar surplus in the budget, not a multimillion- dollar deficit. alex trevino has the details. >> reporter: good morning. bottom line, hundreds of teachers went without work all because of faulty accounting

here at dc public schools. the school's chief, michelle rhee says 266 teachers needed to be let go because there was not enough money to pay them. rhee now says the deficit numbers were wrong. there is really a $34 million surplus. the firings impacted the lives of many teachers like crystal proctor who now collect an unemployment check and is trying to dig out of debt. >> of course we are outraged by it but the first priority has to be get these folks back to work. >> many teachers we learned are you this process that were great dutiful employees that were released based on falsified numbers and now we learn there we could have avoided the pain we caused. >> rhee said many of the teachers she fired had poor attendance records and were accused of inappropriate behavior with students. the council will likely conduct

an investigation. we're live in washington, alex trevino, 9 news now. the nuclear summit may have softened the stance of a country that is pursuing a nuclear program. the president of iran says he is drafting a letter to president obama. he indicated u.s. would get a positive response if it changed its policy toward iran. >> the chinese are obviously concerned about what ramifications this might have this might have on the economy generally. >> russia and india also have reservations about further sanctions against iran, but have not ruled out supporting the move. iran claimed the nuclear program is for energy, not to make weapons. happening today, some of the people who helped to save victims of the holocaust will

explore the museum here in washington. several holocaust liberators are visiting the museum as part of a week of observances marking the 65th anniversary of the end of world war ii in europe. one of the honorees is a nurse from mclean, virginia. a remembrance ceremony is already in progress. >> they read the names of those who perishished in concentration camps. the reading continues through send. virginia's general fund revenues increased 3% last month when compared to march of 2009. this is the second time monthly revenues have grown in the commonwealth since august of

2008. sales tax receipts which represent money businesses collected in february were down 6%. but that is mostly due to the snowstorm. however, the state employment commission upped the number of virginia jobs lost last year by 30,000. it is 5:35. time for another "living $mart" report. jessica doyle is back with a fight over your mortgage payment. >> that's right. one of the plans on the table to help struggling mortgage holders is to reduce their debt. say you have a $250,000 mortgage it could be $200,000 but it is meeting resistance from the banks. executives from bank of america, citigroup, wells fargo and j.p. morgan chase appeared before the committee yesterday and argued widespread reductions of debt would not be fair to other homeowners including encouraging homeowners who aren't in distress to go in to default. the best company for hourly

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they hope a controversial entertainer will help with the census response rates. chris brown spoke to 200 students at virginia union university yesterday. he encouraged them to fill out their 2010 census forms. city officials say many college students don't respond. brown says he was happy to help the cause. >> this isn't like a career move for me per say.

not like i'm promoting my album or lords or something like that but more that coming out and being a role model because a lot of kids look up to me. >> he would not answer questions about his guilty plea to assaulting rihanna. he performed most of his sentence in the richmond area. we are getting a look at the damage from a ship wreck earlier this month on the great barrier reef. a chinese coal vessel struck the reef. now the ship has been towed away, it shows a scar in the underwater vegetation. it could take 20 years to recover and oil is washing up at an underwater sanction ware. we are expecting good news about blue crabs in the chesapeake bay area. last week the bay programs say the crab population is the highest it has been since ' 93.

5:45. we say good morning to howard bernstein. >> i was thinking soft shell and everything. >> can we see through the fog. >> yes. other spots you have to take your time. it is thick to the north and west of town. we are showing visibilities are down a quarter mile and even down to zero. that's where we start with the dense fog advisory this morning. west of 95. extending in to central virginia, as well. so far we haven't seen the visibilities down. on the eastern shore the visibility is down to a quarter mile. andrews a mile and a half. we will watch those areas, as well. clearly martinsburg has visibility down to zero. hagerstown a quarter mile. it has been a quarter mile in montgomery county at the air park, parts of howard, frederick, loudoun, fairfax, carroll counties all dealing with visibilities anywhere from a mile to zero even in locally dense patchy fog here.

so watch out, especially there and even york, pennsylvania, southern pennsylvania you are dealing with fog, as well. the early fog. sunny and cool in the afternoon. lower 60s. some spots 65. sunny and warm on thursday, 74 and check out friday. back in the 70s with a chance of showers returning in the afternoon and evening. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, jacket weather for sure. i had the gloves on. spots in the 30s. that's cold. patchy dense fog. some areas will climb above the 50-degree mark. sun is up 6:33. this afternoon partly to mostly sunny. a cool, nice afternoon. 60 to 65 with a southeast wind at five to ten. tonight clear and chilly with lows in the 40s. we may see a couple of folks in the upper 30s with light winds. 7:84 on the sunset. temperatures in the mid-30s in pennsylvania and upper 30s across the northern part of maryland. locally in the mid-30s in

gaithersburg and laytonsville. watch for the fog in areas extending in to howard county. columbia is 39. religion county in the 30s. the northern part watch out. great falls 32. andrews 43 and so is arlington. national 46. a north wind at five gives us a wind chill of 44. the next big weather maker is here across montana with snow. some strong thunderstorms yesterday afternoon. showers this morning and the next threat of rain will not come until late friday. the fog this morning. cool this afternoon. warmer tomorrow and friday afternoon. in the 70s with showers late friday. usher in cooler weather for them weekend with highs near 60. hello, angie. you touched on it a lot. fog. maryland drivers, that's what we are waking up to this morning. that's the toughest thing to contend with on your morning

commute. a look at 270 southbound. pretty thick and hazy. this will be our big issue out of frederick. we are seeing the same situation on 70, 95 and the bw parkway. also good patches of fog out there. already volume is building on 270 around the 118 germantown road area. as we take you to realtime graphics. we show you route 4, route 5 and 301. this area is problem free. seeing typical volume for this time of the morning. south capitol street and the suit land parkway, the drive is nice and light to the district. happy to report no major incidents in any part of the district at this time. in virginia on 395, a different story. we are slowing down a bit. plus, five minutes from duke to seminary and in then 66 eastbound, we are finding things slow down there. 29 centreville you are okay approaching the beltway. two prominent churches in northern virginia are fighting in the state supreme court to hold on to their property.

arguments underway in the case of nine churches that broke away from the diocese after it ordained an openly gay bishop. it could have an impact on churches across the country. this historical church from broke from the diocese four years ago and today it reached the virginia supreme court. >> this day for me is sadness and grief because it represents division. >> reporter: this pastor in mclean is a few miles away from the falls church which is new part of the anglican church. >> there had been a long time coming differences. >> reporter: the number of differences drove them away from the fiscal church but the finalist straw was the first order nation of the first

openly gay minister. >> it is something that we cannot agree with. even if it is a gray area in terms of homosexuality for some folks that may not be sure, perhaps we should air on the side of love. >> the judge decided the break away churches could keep their property. all of that property is worth $40 million. the ruling hinges on an old virginia statute giving the state the right to decide a church property dispute. the diocese argues it is unconstitutional. a decision is not expected for several months. in falls church, peggy fox, 9 news now. >> george mason religion and politics professor says it's likely the virginia supreme court will side with the break- away churches giving a green light to break away movements simmering in many churches. coming up an apology from a

misstress tops headlines. and a biography paints an unflattering image of oprah including a diva like incident here in the district. montgomery county faces a $1 billion short fall as wealthy residents face the tax. and articling con townty libraries could have cuts in hours and staff.

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jesse james for cheating on their wives. he said there is a difference, they are married and he's not. after his relationship failure with jenny mccarthy, jim carrey thinks it is okay to opine on others. breaking it down to raise awareness about the dangers of lung lung cancer, aspiring artists competed on stage at the whw rock season finale. the show teamed up with national alliance for cancer control month. supporters and judges included bet's angel elliott. we have a report on the 22nd annual cleanup where more than 4,000 volunteers picked up garage along the potomac in district of columbia, maryland

and virginia. they found a leg cast, washing machine and even a vespa motor bike. wonder if it still works. on average 300-tons of trash is collected from the river and that provides the majority ofous us with our drinking water. what have your cameras caught lately? i want to see and share it on the air. go to oh my goff.tv and send in your pictures, videos and events today. an explosive new book is out a that paints an unflattering portrait of one of the most admired women, oprah winfrey. it says she exaggerated her childhood roth poverty and has diva moments including one in a downtown art gallery. >> i was sort of dumfounded. >> reporter: the owner says the

queen of talk had an appointment here five years ago. in advance of her visit he paid more than $100,000 for three paintings for her to see. >> she stopped and pulled back and said, oprah doesn't feel it. it is not happening for oprah. >> reporter: he urged her to see the display. >> she said where are they and i said in the room up the stairs and she pulled back and says oprah doesn't do the stairs. >> reporter: oprah, the book hit store shelves and rocketed to number one on amazon. it includes tawdry tales of lesbian affairs, a relationship in nashville with john tesh who allegedly broke things off because he couldn't deal with an interracial relationship. kelley alleges she keeps stedman graham around so her audience will perceive her to be like them and court to the book, she lavished gifts on

women, including a 1 carat diamond toe ring. >> i'm so enthralled with the book on oprah. i don't seem to be able to concentrate on anything else. >> kitty kelley spoke to. >> she is not a rock star or a first lady but a talk show host. >> reporter: a host that has had a major impact on popular culture. but this is one best seller that won't be on oprah's book club. >> kelley interviewed 850 sources for her book and several talk show hosts including larry king, barbara walter and david letterman refused to have kelley on for fear of a backlash from oprah. thank you for watching 9 news now at 6:00 a.m. howard bernstein has the forecast and maybe foggy to start the morning commute. >> es